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28 Jun 2021

A new study from researchers at ANU on how the world's largest ice sheet developed also provides vital clues about climate change tipping points.

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28 Jun 2021

In my first week as the BBC's new Australia correspondent in 2019, a state of emergency was declared in New South Wales. Bushfires blazed and came very...

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25 Jun 2021

A leading Canberra scientist has been appointed to a new international climate change advisory body - the only Australian on the panel.

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25 Jun 2021

It’s an experience no Australian wants to relive, but bushfire seasons like that of 2019/2020 are likely to increase in frequency due to climate change.

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24 Jun 2021

The world needs to develop new technologies to suck excess carbon dioxide out of the air, because efforts to cut emissions are moving far too slowly, said the...

24 Jun 2021

We are now beyond the point of simply needing to reduce carbon emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change, according to a leading scientist from The...

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23 Jun 2021

Our success in fighting climate change will hinge on whether our financial system is up to the task.

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23 Jun 2021

The 1959 Antarctic Treaty celebrates its 60th anniversary this week. Negotiated during the middle of the Cold War by 12 countries with Antarctic interests, it...

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23 Jun 2021

Australia needs to respond to a U.N. warning on the threat to its iconic Great Barrier Reef with bolder climate policies that cut planet-heating emissions...

A photograph of Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia, with smoke billowing out of the top.

21 Jun 2021

Pregnant women exposed to natural disasters such as volcanoes are more likely to give birth prematurely, according to a new study from The Australian National...

A photograph of Paul Porter, a fifth-generation farmer, sitting under a dead grey box tree amid indigo bushes and lignum in part of the Mirrool Creek on his property in the Riverina.

20 Jun 2021

On a recent wintry morning, farmer Paul Porter surveyed a dying stand of grey box trees lining Mirrool Creek that meanders 15 kilometres through his “Mywurlie...

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20 Jun 2021

Can hydrogen live up to its pollution-free promise? And where and when will it find its niche in the global energy mix?

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